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Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:14:37 +0000Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Managementen-gbSay Goodnight Gracie Part Five of Five … or … Less Talk, More Monkeyhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42520-say-goodnight-gracie-part-five-of-five-or-less-talk-more-monkey.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42520-say-goodnight-gracie-part-five-of-five-or-less-talk-more-monkey.htmlEver since the shitshow ended a couple of nights ago there has been a plethora of polite analyses of What The Fuck Just Happened. Desperate pundits are trying to be reasonable while describing how and why Fucko the Clown just won the election.

This is what Denial looks like:

The hubris of Hillary Clinton and the DNC empowered them to steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders because not only did she “deserve” the presidency, but they believed she could beat Fucko in the general election. Clinton, the DNC, and their donors, completely underestimated, or ignored, the Hillary hatred that has been simmering for decades, as well as the contempt voters have for establishment politics.

True. But the most insidious form of denial is always true. But it is not the whole truth. That is why denial is a complete waste of time and doesn't solve anything. It is always easier to accept and believe a partial truth because it is a distraction that keeps us from recognizing the larger, more uncomfortable truth.

Occam's razor. Noun. The maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

Let's see how it works.

59,821,874 Americans voted for Fucko the Clown therefore there are 59,821,874 Crazy Stupid People in the United States. Regardless of the fact that the previous sentence sounds like a harsh generalization … it is not. The only way anyone could vote for Fucko is if he/she is a Crazy Stupid Person. Rational smart people could not vote for, would never vote for, anyone like Fucko the Clown for president.

That's it. That's all we need to know. There were enough Crazy Stupid People in the United States on November 8, 2016, to elect Fucko the Clown.

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderFri, 11 Nov 2016 00:36:38 +0000Quién es Más Loco? … Or … Say Goodnight Gracie Part IVhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42329-2016-10-24-22-50-36.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42329-2016-10-24-22-50-36.htmlAfter watching the third and final debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton I agree with you … we should vote for Clinton on election day. Our conclusion is the same … but for different reasons.

I do not think if Trump were elected that the United States would succumb to Fascism.

That Has Already Happened.

It is true that the U.S. pulled back from the brink in the 30's and 50's. But the country sailed over the edge the moment the Supreme Court nullified the voice of the people and handed the presidency to George W. Bush on December 12, 2000. That's the day democracy in the United States stopped breathing and died. And Guess what? 16 years later It's Still Dead.

We could argue about whether or not the U.S. is a Fascist State, or an oligarchy, or to be more precise, a plutocracy, but that's not the point. The point is: all Americans must vote against Donald John Trump.

Because he is insane.

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderMon, 24 Oct 2016 19:16:11 +0000Say Goodnight Gracie Part IIIhttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42235-say-goodnight-gracie-part-iii.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/42235-say-goodnight-gracie-part-iii.htmlIt appears that unless the Universe has a couple of extra tricks up its sleeve, we're witnessing the last days of presidential hopeful, Fucko the Clown. As of today, Friday October 14th, there are 24 days remaining until the election. Is it possible that Fucko could do or say anything that could salvage his flailing campaign? Are there enough Fucko supporters in swing states to stop a Clinton win? I don't think so. But then again … this is a presidential campaign the likes of which we have never seen. The American voters, Republicans and Democrats, have been played. Not like a violin … more like a kazoo. And the tune, eerily reminiscent of Pop Goes the Weasel, goes something like this:

There is an Orange Monster, with deplorable minions, hammering at the gates of the shining city upon a hill. This beast, who had lived his entire life in ostentatiously bestial ways, recently had been shown to also treat women in a beastly fashion (surprise surprise). The outraged citizens of the shining city chose a strong, battle-hardened woman as their leader to battle the beast. But unbeknownst to the citizens of the shining city upon a hill, the leader they chose to vanquish the Orange Monster … was another monster.

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 the major media booked the psychopaths, quislings, and blood-suckers who used the attacks as the excuse to launch never-ending wars. The war criminals and their minions were not in prison … they were on television. In addition to all of that the blogger driftglass observed in Crooks & Liars, “Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal has turned a large chunk of its 9/11 editorial page over to one of the worst and most unrepentant American war criminals and profiteers in modern history, and his blood-drunk beast of a daughter.”

Bernie Sanders received more votes and more pledged delegates than Hillary Clinton did in the primaries. But the Zombie Queen emerged victorious from the shitshow the DNC staged in Philadelphia. How?

Hillary Clinton stole the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders.

The End.

On July 28th, 2016, Election Justice USA released a 99 page report titled Democracy Lost detailing the irregularities in the Democratic primary elections. The report stated that Bernie Sanders lost an “upper estimate of 184 pledged delegates as a result of specific irregularities and instances of fraud. Adding these delegates to Senator Sanders’ pledged delegate total and subtracting the same number from Hillary Clinton’s total would more than erase the 359 pledged delegate gap between the two candidates.”

Last June, Giovanni and Marcello Pietrobon published “JustDoing the Math, Electoral Fraud In The 2016 Democratic Primaries,” showing discrepancies in 11 of the 26 primaries. The probability of this happening without fraud is 1 in 77 billion.

Hillary Clinton stole the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders.

The End.

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderThu, 04 Aug 2016 00:31:31 +0000Can't Sleep? Me Toohttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41404-cant-sleep-me-too.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41404-cant-sleep-me-too.htmlWestern civilization is in a war, We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported. Our forces should be used to systematically destroy every Internet based source, and frankly if we can't destroy them through the Internet, we should destroy them with kinetic power using various weapons starting with predators and frankly just killing them.”

Not to be out-crazied, Bill O'Reilly and Donald Trump agreed that it's not just isolated ISIS attacks anymore because “we” are now in a World War.

I know … I know … Fox's overriding agenda is to scare the shit out of the old folks hooked on their cheap crank but c'mon … World War Three? Seriously?

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderWed, 20 Jul 2016 18:12:41 +0000We Will Never Get What We Want or … The House Always Winshttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41127-we-will-never-get-what-we-want-or-the-house-always-wins.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41127-we-will-never-get-what-we-want-or-the-house-always-wins.htmlThe saying,What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas is the condensed version of:

Every year people go to Las Vegas, and the billions of dollars they lose gambling … stays in Vegas.

The house has a built in advantage on all the games. The gambler who plays long enough … will lose. The Smart Gambler plays the games with the smallest House Edge like Baccarat or Craps. The Idiot Gambler goes straight to Keno or the slot machines. But lowering the odds doesn't mean you are going to win. It just means you might win some of the time, but overall you'll lose more slowly.

Commercial casinos gross about 34.6 billion yearly, Native American casinos rake in bout 18.5 billion, and state lotteries do a little better at 19.1 billion. Add it all up and you're looking at 72.2 billion dollars lost every year by people who don't seem to care that all the games are rigged in favor of The House.

The House Edge. Everyone knows about it. Everyone knows the rules. Gambling is a consensual act. If I gamble and lose … I have no one to blame but myself. Y'see I knew it was a rigged game before I bet my first dollar. And knowing the House Edge ... I would rather wager my life's savings in Las Vegas than vote in an American presidential election. At least I'd have a chance of winning in the casino.

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderSat, 18 Jun 2016 00:42:34 +0000What's the Signpost Up Ahead?http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41098-whats-the-signpost-up-ahead.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/41098-whats-the-signpost-up-ahead.htmlFor anyone driving through the American countryside before 1963 there was a good chance they'd see a series of six signs spaced along the side of the road written to entertain and promote the sale of Burma Shave “brushless” shaving cream. Here's one of the last set of signs from 53 years ago:

We don't

Know how

To split an atom

But as to whiskers

Let us at 'em

Burma Shave

The Burma-Vita company's original product was a liniment made of ingredients described as having come from "The Malay Peninsula and Burma." Sales were poor until the company hit upon the road sign advertising gimmick, and at its peak, Burma-Shave was the second-highest-selling brushless shaving cream in the United States. But now those quaint little signs of Americana are as dead as Dodo Birds.

You can find examples of them by Googling around the web, and you can find pictures of Dodo birds too if you want. But you won't find either one of them in their “natural habitat.” They're gone. As Monty Python would say, they've “kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain, and joined the choir invisible.” They are extinct.

But Burma Shave signs are culturally extinct. In 1963 the company was sold to cigarette king Phillip Morris, spun off to a Phillip Morris subsidiary, and now is owned by the Energizer Bunny. Energizer could bring Burma Shave signs back by kicking off a nostalgic retro roadside campaign, but nothing short of Jurassic Park technology will bring the Dodo Bird back. The Dodo is really really extinct. They've been gone since 1662 and they're never coming back. As Kurt Vonnegut wrote many times, “And So It Goes.”

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderWed, 15 Jun 2016 00:57:36 +0000Symptomatic Nerve Gashttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/40733-symptomatic-nerve-gas.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/40733-symptomatic-nerve-gas.htmlOne of the low-key lunatics who skulked around the Seattle's University District would set up shop on the corner of 47th and Brooklyn near the Safeway and rant to anyone within earshot about UFO’s and the CIA. He carried hand-lettered signs detailing in teeny tiny print exactly what the CIA and the UFOs were up to. Not a bad act compared to other street shouters I've seen. If you passed him on the street when he wasn't “performing” he'd mutter “Symptomatic Nerve Gas.” out of the corner of his mouth like a gangster from a 1930's Warner Brothers film.

I never stopped to ask him about Symptomatic Nerve Gas because I had learned years before to never engage with street corner crazies. They were on A Mission … while I was simply curious. Guys like that are searching for full-time converts … not dilettantes. They could get downright testy when they realized I didn't buy into their particular brand of crazy. Don't poke crazy bears with sticks I always say.

]]>bobalexander63@gmail.com (Bob Alexander)Bob AlexanderWed, 11 May 2016 13:53:58 +0000God (or whoever) Bless You Mr. Vonneguthttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/40618-god-or-whoever-bless-you-mr-vonnegut.html
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/bob-alexanders-commentary/40618-god-or-whoever-bless-you-mr-vonnegut.html47 years ago I bailed out of a Medieval English Literature class just in time and took a Modern Satire class instead. I knew I'd get an easy “A” because how hard could it be? Read a couple of books, answer questions about the books I'd just read, and then I'd maintain a high grade average. Guys that didn't keep their grades up were destined to become soldiers instead of students. Without a high enough grade point average it could get pretty drafty going to college in those days.

The assigned reading list was fairly long. I can only remember two of the books from the stack I brought back from the bookstore because they changed my life. To be more precise they changed the way my brain worked. They were The Magic Christian by Terry Southern, and God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. Both books are about money.